Intel Capital makes a big bet on Android with investment in Bluestacks (exclusive)

Add Intel Capital to the growing list of companies eager to work with Bluestacks.

Intel unveils x86-based tablet computers that run full PC apps

Intel shows off the latest tablets with Intel microprocessors in them in advance of the Windows 8 launch

ARM-based OpenStack: it’s like an army of cell phones powering cloud-based computing

RackSpace, HP, Canonical, and other OpenStack members are combining forces to build what they say will be the first-ever ARM processor-based cloud. The goal is to build an extremely efficient, powerful, but inexpensive cloud with low power consumption.

“The explosion …

Bluestacks’ new beta lets you run almost any Android app on Windows

Bluestacks’ grand vision of letting you run Android apps on Windows is one step closer to reality. The company today has released a free beta version of its software, which now supports most of Android’s 450,000 apps.

The new release …

Oracle accuses HP and Intel of secretly keeping dead Itanium chip alive

Oracle filed court documents late last week contending that Hewlett-Packard and Intel have secretly been keeping the unpopular Itanium server chip alive, even though no one wants to buy it.

“HP has secretly contracted with Intel to keep churning out …

Sorry devs, Microsoft says Windows 8 on ARM won’t run x86 apps

Clarifying some confusion from earlier this week, Microsoft has made it clear that Windows 8 tablets and notebooks running ARM processors won’t be able to run apps from the x86 (running Intel and AMD CPUs) version of the OS.

The …